Half-Ton Woman Indicted in 2-Year-Old's
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| Tue, 08-26-2008 - 7:39pm |
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Lawyers in the U.S. are wondering how to deal with a weighty problem.
A woman is accused of killing her two-year-old nephew but prosecutors in Texas do not yet know how to get her to jail and court — because she weighs nearly half a ton.
Mayra Lizbeth Rosales, from La Jola, Texas, is bedridden and weighs nearly 1,000 lbs.
But she cannot get through her front door to be taken to jail and, later, court.
A grand jury has already agreed she should face charges of murder and injury in connection with the death of Eliseo Gonzalez Jr.
He died while in her care in March and the 27-year-old is accused of killing her nephew with two blows to the head.
She explained away the injuries by saying she had slipped, landing with her right hand on Eliseo's head while trying to pick him off the floor, and that he fell off a chair.
But a post-mortem found that Eliseo's injuries were "consistent with blunt force trauma" and that Mayra Rosales' explanations were inconsistent with the injuries.The morbidly obese woman has since been photographed and finger-printed at home but released on a "personal recognizance bond" because of the logistics problem.
The local sheriff at Hidalgo County, Lupe Trevino, says it would be impossible to keep her in jail pending her trial because she needs extensive medical care.
Opinions anyone??

Oh my gosh!!
I love my TaterTod!!
Sue, you said just what I was thinking.
I'm sorry, but I never would have had my 2 yr old in her care to begin with.
>>Who in their right mind would put their TWO YEAR OLD in the care of someone who (obviously) can't even care for herself?!
I think the parent(s) of that child should at least be questioned.<<
Or charged?
>>Not sure what should be done about her.....<<
I like the sounds of lethal injection for child murder.
Susan
I like the sounds of lethal injection for child murder.
If
Patty....
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Just FTR, my comment was made tongue-in-cheek. Afterall she is innocent until proven guilty and I don't know the details but just based on the limited knowledge my comment was more so just to indicate I didn't have a whole lot of pity for her and her "disability". She sounds very irresponsible which also makes me wonder what in the heck the child's parent was thinking.
I think you knew what I meant to imply but I thought I'd take this chance to make sure my point was properly understood by others who may have thought it was extreme.
I love my TaterTod!!
Patty....
nana to: Cait, Hannah